Now that Windows was installed, it was time for me to install Linux. I had a spare 120GB PATA disk, and decided to dedicate it to Linux all by itself. So I took my Ubuntu CD (another change of heart I had lately ? I abandoned my sweet Gentoo for Ubuntu, growing tired of long compilation times) and installed the OS. Installation was not a problem here as well; and after a while I rebooted to Ubuntu. That is where the problems started.

DriverHeaven

One of the most confusing decisions someone new to web hosting will have to make is which platform their server should be on. We take a look at the two most common server platforms and tell if your server should be Windows or Linux.

TheTechZone

Mandriva Linux Limited Edition 2005 ISO images are now available for download:

"Mandriva Linux is the operating system of choice for users keen on all things advanced. Limited Edition 2005 is no exception; it includes all the things you've come to expect from Mandriva Linux. Limited Edition 2005 is the only Linux system so far to include such a broad range of up-to-date leading-edge software, as well as seamlessly running 32-bit applications on 64-bit platforms. Linux power users will welcome the advanced web experience, enhanced hardware compatibility and expanded development options brought by Limited Edition 2005, along with significant performance gains."

LinuxComp

Let?s admit it, Linux is not perfect. In fact, no operating system is perfect. But since many Linux gurus and advocates regard Linux so highly and claim that it?s in utmost state of readiness for the masses, why is it that Linux isn?t gaining any momentum in the industry? The fact is that it?s still a minuscule operating system that probably holds two percent of the total OS market. Quite frankly, the Linux community needs be proactive and go after a higher share of the market if they want major companies to adopt it. After all, why would a company waste its time and personnel resources on something that barely scratches the surface of their needs or is cumbersome to use?

Live DVDs of SUSE LINUX Professional 9.3 are now available for download

For those of you shying away from the Windows empire, 3DVelocity looks at a version of one of the most popular disk authoring suites on the market, but in its Linux flavour.

With Linux marching on to the desktop, covering more and more areas with more and more distributions, the race is on for more application to become available on the platform. As Linux becomes more mature, the need for more mainstream applications becomes apparent.

VolariGamers has posted the latest Linux/xfree86 drivers for the XGI Volari V5, V8 and Z7 series, driver version 1.1.5.

The driver offers support for the Frame Buffer Device, XFree86 2D Driver Support, OpenGL 1.3 accelation support based on Mesa and DRI and video function support. Also included in this driver is support for EM64T and IA32.

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for the desktop or the server that includes all of Debian as well as most of the packages of apt-get.org, with a fast and easy install, regular releases (every six months), a tight selection of excellent packages installed by default and a commitment to security updates with 18 months of security and technical support for every release.

SUSE has been one of the major players on the desktop for as long as I can remember, and for good reason. They have built a solid, sleek desktop ready for anyone who wanted to give Linux a shot but either had no luck with other distributions, or simply was curious but didn't have the time to fight their way through a long install or tedious configurations. SUSE was it. Does the distro that has kept so many people happy for so long still have what it takes to stay on top? We're about to find out...

So, you have mastered every aspect of computing (or maybe not), and you are bored with the Internet. What can you do to bring back the thrill that you had the first time you fired up the latest Windows operating system? How about downloading or purchasing Linux? Linux is an "open-source" operating system that is in the "public domain", meaning that it must be offered free and no company or individual can claim it. Even for the most literate users, experimentation into new areas of computing can be a fun and an interesting challenge; therefore, trying out one of the latest Linux distributions is an excellent way to venture into the world of Unix based operating systems.

Novell is one company that is helping to push Linux into the business arena. It recently announced a new version of its Linux Desktop that has been specially crafted for small businesses. Due to ship on March 31, 2005, the new version will be called the Linux Small Business Suite 9, and is intended for businesses with about a hundred users and three servers. It will include Novell's Groupwise Collaboration Software, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, and the Novell Linux Desktop. At a competitive price of $475 for a five-client license, it ought to shake up the market.

Adobe has made a download of the Linux version of Adobe Reader 7.0 available on its ftp site.

Linux Online

Mandrakelinux 10.2 RC1 has been released

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Mandrakelinux 10.2 for x86-64 Beta 2 has been released.

Mark Brunelli is sizing up the "Linux e-mail market" at searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com. he says "A growing number of companies today are exploring the potential cost benefits of Linux-based e-mail platforms as compared to the gold standard that is Microsoft Exchange. But who are the major players in the Linux e-mail market? And what are they doing to help companies migrate off Exchange? SearchEnterpriseLinux.com talked with messaging expert Michael Osterman, principal analyst and founder of Black Diamond Wash.-based Osterman Research, to find out." read here for more.

kyle rankin @ oreillynet.com has small synopsis on Knoppix 3.8 and UnionFS. To put in simpler terms, any average user , meaning windows user , now can use Linux Live-CD in windows , easily. oreillynet.com

Flexbeta compare NeroLinux vs the popular real freeware k3b on fedora core3 linux. Below is the excerpt from the test.
"This week Ahead Nero introduced a Linux version of their popular CD burning application dubbed NeroLinux. NeroLinux promises to bring the great features found in the Windows version to the Linux domain. Though the Windows version of Nero is loved by many, how well does NeroLinux stack up against already existing CD Burning applications such as K3b? K3b?s user interface is neat and full of eye candy, while Nero leans towards a more standard look; leaving aside looks for functionality." for full review go here, flexbeta.com

Fedora Core 4 Test 1 has been released. This release comes with prereleases of GNOME 2.10, KDE 3.4, OpenOffice.org 2 as well the latest server software like MySQL 4.1.10 and PHP 5.0.3. Linuxcompatible Update- added mirror list

In the first part of PCstats Beginner's Guide to using Linux, we explored the basic features of this open-source operating system by using the Knoppix 'live' CD Linux distribution which does not require a permanent installation onto your computer's hard drive, but instead loads entirely from a single CD.

This release is purely a maintenance release to pick up the accumulated errata since Respin 1 in June '04. It includes all errata issued from upstream through the end of Feb 05. with the exception of the kernel. The kernel is the older one issued with Red Hat, Inc.'s Update 4 so that binary driver discs made available by 3rd party hardware vendors should be compatible with this rebuild release.